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that it was reasonable for urban residents to pay for these centers because they could use them, and it allowed for the potential of a pay-as-you-throw option in the future. He said the more options offered at the convenience centers, the more people who will use them. Chair Jacobs said there needs to be a discussion at their retreat about taxes. Commissioner Gordon said there are two issues here. She said the Board could first decide how to fund recycling and then as part of the budget, whether to raise the SWCC fees. She said this second part could be part of a budget session, and it does not have to be decided tonight. Commissioner porosin said he is happy to support option 1 tonight on the landfill reserves, but he feels it is a bad idea to talk about funding services based on who uses them. He said this undermines the idea of community and what is important collectively, and he feels it is not economically or socially progressive. A motion was made by Commissioner Rich, seconded by Commissioner Price for the Board to fund the Rural Curbside Recycling Program by using $728,260 of Solid Waste Unrestricted Reserves for Fiscal 2014/2015 (Option 1-- Fund Rural Curbside Recycling Program for Fiscal 2014/2015 with Landfill Reserves. To fund$728,260 from Solid Waste Unrestricted Reserves which were $3,082,630 as of June 30, 2013.) VOTE: UNANIMOUS g_ Oranqe County's Reprioritization of Transportation Proiects for the Durham- Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planninq Orqanization and the Trianqle Area Rural Planninq Orqanization (9:45-10:00) The Board considered two (2) resolutions (Attachments 1 and 4) reconfiguring two (2) priority lists of transportation projects within the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) and the Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization (TARPO) planning areas for consideration of inclusion in the 2016-2022 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). Bret Martin said at the BOCC's November 19, 2013 meeting, the BOCC considered and approved two lists of priority transportation projects incorporating all modes to submit to TARPO and the DCHC MPO for the portion of Orange County within those organizations' respective planning areas. He said these lists were subsequently submitted to each transportation planning organization for submission to the State for scoring. It was determined at the November 19, 2013 meeting by the BOCC that the transportation priority lists for TARPO and the DCHC MPO should be revisited upon receipt of the State scores for each project to evaluate whether the projects should be reprioritized with the benefit of knowing their respective scores. He said these lists were meant for scoring by the State to be included in the STIP. Bret Martin said since the BOCC's approval of the priority lists in November 2013, both TARPO and DCHC MPO have developed and approved project ranking methodologies that prescribe how each organization's local input points will be assigned to projects. He said the DCHC MPO's project ranking policy is data-driven, but leaves open the possibility for the MPO board to make changes based on factors such as geographic equity, knowledge of local jurisdictional needs, public input, coordination with division engineers, and maximization of the MPO's opportunities for receiving funding. He said that the only thing that can change the output of the MPO scoring is if the MPO board acts on those considerations. He said there is a value in doing this, because it institutionalizes the County's project priorities moving forward. Bret Martin said the only DCHC MPO project that appears likely to be funded is the Orange Grove Road extension project from South Churton Street to US 70 Business. He said